City of Milpitas invites bids for recycled water line repair project.

NOTICE INVITING BIDS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council of the City of Milpitas ("City") invites and will receive sealed Bids up to but not later than 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, March 17, 2026 at Milpitas City Hall, 1st floor, Information Service Counter, 455 E. Calaveras Blvd., Milpitas, California 95035, for the furnishing to City of all labor, equipment, materials, tools, services, transportation, permits, utilities, and all other items necessary for the CURTIS AVE. RECYCLED WATER LINE REPAIR - EXPLORATORY WORK (the "Project"). At said time, Bids will be publicly opened and read aloud at the City Office. Bids received after said time shall be returned unopened. Bids shall be valid for a period of 90 calendar days after the Bid opening date. Bids must be submitted on the City's Bid Forms in person. No bid shall be accepted through OpenGov Procurement. Bidders may obtain a copy of the Contract Documents from OpenGov Procurement (https://procurement.opengov.com/portal/milpitas-ca). To the extent required by Section 20103.7 of the Public Contract Code, upon request from a contractor plan room service, the City shall provide an electronic copy of the Contract Documents at no charge to the contractor plan room. Additionally, bid packages containing all forms, specifications, terms and conditions may be obtained on the City's OpenGov Procurement website. Links or documents found outside the City's online vendor portal may not be accessible/up-to-date. It is the responsibility of each prospective bidder to download and print all Bid Documents for review and to verify the completeness of Bid Documents before submitting a bid. Any Addenda will be posted on OpenGov Procurement. It is the responsibility of each prospective bidder to check OpenGov Procurement daily through the close of bids for any applicable addenda or updates. The City does not assume any liability or responsibility based on any defective or incomplete copying, excerpting, scanning, faxing, downloading or printing of the Bid Documents. Information on OpenGov Procurement may change without notice to prospective bidders. The Contract Documents shall supersede any information posted or transmitted by OpenGov Procurement. Each Bid shall be accompanied by cash, a certified or cashier's check, or Bid Bond secured from a surety company satisfactory to the City Council, the amount of which shall not be less than ten percent (10%) of the submitted Total Bid Price, made payable to City of Milpitas as bid security. The bid security shall be provided as a guarantee that within five (5) working days after the City provides the successful bidder the Notice of Award, the successful Bidder will enter into a contract and provide the necessary bonds and certificates of insurance. The bid security will be declared forfeited if the successful Bidder fails to comply within said time. No interest will be paid on funds deposited with City. A MANDATORY Pre-Bid Conference and Site Walk are scheduled for Thursday, February 26, 2026 at 10:00 a.m. and Tuesday, March 3, 2026 at 10:00 a.m. to review the Project's existing conditions. The meeting will be held at Flex Inc., 777 Gibraltar Dr., Milpitas, CA 95035, adjacent to the railroad tracks within the utility easement. Representatives of the City and consulting engineers, if any, will be present. Questions asked by Bidders at the Pre-Bid Conference not specifically addressed within the Contract Documents shall be answered in writing and issued as an Addendum. Bids will not be accepted from any bidder who did not attend one of the mandatory Pre-Bid Conferences. The deadline for submitting questions related to this bid is Friday, March 6, 2026 at 4:00 p.m. Contact Howard Salamanca, Associate Civil Engineer for questions submittal. Addenda with answers to questions received by the specified time will be posted following the close of questions. The successful Bidder will be required to furnish a Faithful Performance Bond and a Labor and Material Payment Bond, each in an amount equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the Contract Price. Each bond shall be in the forms set forth herein, shall be secured from a surety company that meets all State of California bonding requirements, as defined in California Code of Civil Procedure Section 995.120, and that is a California admitted surety insurer. Pursuant to Section 22300 of the Public Contract Code of the State of California, the successful Bidder may substitute certain securities for funds withheld by the City to ensure its performance under the contract. Pursuant to Labor Code Section 1773, the City has obtained the prevailing rate of per diem wages and the prevailing wage rate for holiday and overtime work applicable in Santa Clara County from the Director of the Department of Industrial Relations for each craft, classification, or type of worker needed to execute this contract. A copy of these prevailing wage rates may be obtained via the internet at http://ww.dir.ca.gov/dlsr/. In addition, a copy of the prevailing rate of per diem wages is available at the City's Public Works Department and shall be made available to interested parties upon request. The successful bidder shall post a copy of the prevailing wage rates at each job site. It shall be mandatory upon the Bidder to whom the Contract is awarded, and upon any subcontractors, to comply with all Labor Code provisions, which include but are not limited to the payment of not less than the said specified prevailing wage rates to all workers employed by them in the execution of the Contract, employment of apprentices, hours of labor and debarment of contractors and subcontractors. Pursuant to Labor Code Sections 1725.5 and 1771.1, all contractors and subcontractors that wish to bid on, be listed in a bid proposal, or enter into a contract to perform public work must be registered with the Department of Industrial Relations. No Bid will be accepted, nor any contract entered into, without proof of the contractor's and subcontractors' current registration with the Department of Industrial Relations to perform public work. If awarded a contract, the Bidder and its subcontractors, of any tier, shall maintain active registration with the Department of Industrial Relations for the duration of the Project. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the contractor registration requirements mandated by Labor Code Sections 1725.5 and 1771.1 shall not apply to work performed on a public works project that is exempt pursuant to the small project exemption specified in Labor Code Sections 1725.5 and 1771.1. This Project is subject to compliance monitoring and enforcement by the Department of Industrial Relations. In bidding on this Project, it shall be the Bidder's sole responsibility to evaluate and include the cost of complying with all labor compliance requirements under this contract and applicable law in its Bid. Unless otherwise provided in the Instructions for Bidders, each Bidder shall be a licensed contractor pursuant to Sections 7000 et seq. of the Business and Professions Code in the following classification(s) throughout the time it submits its Bid and for the duration of the contract: Class A or Class C-34 License from the Contractor's State License Board. The Engineer's Estimate for the CURTIS AVE. RECYCLED WATER LINE REPAIR - EXPLORATORY WORK project base bid item is between $150,000 and $220,000. Substitution requests shall be made within 35 calendar days after the award of the contract. Pursuant to Public Contract Code Section 3400(b), the City may make findings designating that certain additional materials, methods, or services by a specific brand or trade name other than those listed in the Standard Specifications be used for the Project. Such findings, if any, as well as the materials, methods, or services and their specific brand or trade names that must be used for the Project, may be found in the Special Conditions. City shall award the contract for the Project to the lowest responsive and responsible Bidder as determined by the City from the BASE BID ALONE. City reserves the right to reject any or all bids or to waive any irregularities or informalities in any bids or in the bidding process. For further information, contact Howard Salamanca, Associate Civil Engineer at Milpitas City Hall, 455 E. Calaveras Blvd., Milpitas, CA 95035, hsalamanca@milpitas.org, (408) 586-3347. MP 6948567; Feb. 13, 20, 2026